Roger C. Hartley – Professor of Law

Professor Hartley has been a tenured professor since 1981. He teaches primarily in the areas of labor law, constitutional law, federal courts, and civil procedure.

Previously he has taught courses in rights of persons with disabilities, appellate litigation, collective bargaining and labor arbitration, and the rights of members in their unions.

He is the past Secretary of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association and is a member of the Order of the Coif, the American Law Institute, the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association, and the Industrial Relations Research Association. He has been admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia and is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Professor Hartley earned a B.S. degree in labor relations from Cornell University, a J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and an LL.M. degree from George Washington University. Prior to teaching, he worked as a staff attorney for the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. in its Division of Advice and its Appellate Court Branch. Subsequently he was an associate with the Washington, D.C. law firm of O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue.

His book (with Bartosic), "Labor Relations Law in the Private Sector," currently is in its second edition and has been published in both hardback and paperback versions. In addition, Professor Hartley has published numerous articles, primarily in the areas of labor law, constitutional law, and federal courts and has lectured widely in these and other subject areas. He currently devotes considerable time as director of the John Fanning Center for Labor Studies at the Columbus School of Law and as the coordinator of the Plato Papps Fellowship program, which provides law students with work and educational experiences in the area of workers' rights.

Research and Writing

BOOKS

Triumph from Defeat: How Failed Attempts to Amend the Constitution Shape America’s Political and Legal Culture (forthcoming).

Labor Relations Law in the Private Sector. Second edition. Philadelphia: American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 1986 (with Bartosic).

Labor Relations Law in the Private Sector. Philadelphia: American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 1977 (with Bartosic).

"Recent Developments Under The National Labor Relations Act." Proceedings, Committee on the Development of the Law Under the National Labor Relations Act, Labor and Employment Law Section, American Bar Association (1992): 35.

"National Labor Relations Board Control of Union Discipline and the Myth of Nonintervention." Vermont Law Review 16 (Summer 1991): 11.

"Recommendations of the Governor's Commission To Revise the Public Employment law of Pennsylvania: A Preliminary Assessment." Pittsburg Law Review 30 (Fall,1968):161.

In His Words ...

“Building a solid foundation of self-confidence is a worthy goal but gaining the necessary self-assurance takes time. Law school offers many confidence building opportunities. My role as a teacher includes helping my students to overcome the fear of failure and thus gain insight into the qualities each possesses that makes that student special and effective.”

– Roger C. Hartley

Contact

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